Collar band



March 1111 119240 11 486fi2 J. M. VAN HEUSEN COLLAR BAND Filed Jan. 25.1922 HNVENTOR JOHN M- VAN H EUSEN BY f v 624M460 ATTORNEY PatentedPillar. illl,

snares 3015GT MANNING VAN HEUSEN, 0F JAMAICA PLAIN, IEASTETAGHUSETTELcornea name.

Application filed January 25, 1922. Serial No. 531,758.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MANNING VAN HEUsnN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at 33 Lakeville Place, Jamaica Plain, in the county of Suffolk,State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Collar Bands; and T do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same. The present invention relates to improvements in collar bands,and more particularly to improvements in collar bands such as aredescribed in my Patent No. 1,277,788. According to the presentinvention, the collar band is made of heavy fabric, such as a multipleply interwoven fabric, and is provided with two thin extensions, onelonger than the other, along one edge of the said collar band, by whichthe collar band may be attached to the shirt. The attachment of thecollar band to the shirt with a collar band woven in this way is greatlyfacilitated.

, The collar band of the present invention may advantageously beattached to the shirt by placing the collar band on the shirt fabricwith the longer thin extension coincident with the edge of the shirtfabric, and securing the longer thin extension to the shirt fabric, forexample, by stitching on a sewing machine. The remaining thin extension,that is, the shorter thin extension, will not impede or obstruct in anyway the sewing operation. The collar band may then be folded over intothe plane of the shirt fabric, and the remaining free extension may beplaced over the other side of the shirt fabric and secured by stitchingor other suitable means. This attachment requires only two operationsand the collar band is firmly secured and furthermore presents apleasing and finished appearance.

. The fabric of which the collar band is made may advantageously be atwo ply in. terwoven fabric or a three ply interwoven fabric. Fabrics ofthis kind have a considerable degree of inherent stiffness without thesupplemental use of starch or other stidening means. The fabric may bewoven as a band of uniform width provided with a divided edge of thecharacter above described, or it may be woven so that the outer selvedgeedge is given any desired contour. That is, the fabric may be wot-en ofvary-- ing widths which give the edge of the fabric the desired shape sothat the collar band will have a selvedge edge along its upper edge andwill not require additional binding at this portion. The fabrics asdescribed may be woven either with a curvilinear weave or with thestraight weave.

The fabric of which the collar bands are made may advantageously beprovided with transverse tubular portions separating the collar bands sothat the fabric may he cut at these tubular portions and the dividededges thus formed turned in and secured in any appropriate manner. Ifdesired, a portion of the interweave may be omitted at the centralportion of the coliar band where the back buttonhole is placed, so thata pocket is formed at this portion, one side of which may be used toprotect the wearer from the base of the collar button.

The invention will be further described in connection with theaccompanying drawings illustrative of certain embodiments thereof, inwhich- 7 Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the preferred embodimentof the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a strip of fabric from which the collar bandsmay be out;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. *2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view show-' irlilg one attachment ofthecollar band to the s 1rt;.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. i;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a strip of fabric from which the collar bandsmay be cut;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. l;and

Fig. 8 is an enlarged diagrammatical view showing one weave of themuitiple ply fabric.

The fabric of which the collar band of the invention is made may be, forexample, a two ply interwoven fabric with or without an intermediatefilling thread layer, or a three ply interwoven fabric. Fabrics of thiskind, as above mentioned, have a consider- I abie degree of inherentstifiness, and collar bands made from this fabric wiil consequentlyretain or tend to retain their shape and set without starching.

One suitable weave of the multiple ply fabric is illustrated in Fig. 8.This figure shows a two ply interwoven with a filling thread layer, twosets of wa threads 10 being interwoven with we t;

ing shorter than the extension 6. The thin extensions may be formed inthe weaving ofileration byomitting the interweave t reads 12 and alsothe filling threads 13 at the point where the extensions are woven,leaving the two separate plies of fabric.

The fabric may -.also, for example, be woven as shown in Fig. 6. Thatis, the fabric may be woven with a varyi width such that the ed 14 ofthe fabric conforms with the desire contour of the collar band and isprovided with a selvedge edge requirin no additional binding.

0 fabric illustrated in Fig. 6 is woven with transverse tubular portionsindicated at 7, these tubular portions separating the collar bands asthey are woven in a continuous strip. These tubular ortions may be jcut, thus providing a divi ed edge on each end of the collar blank whichmay be turned in and secured by stitches 9, as indicatedin Fig. 7. Alsocertain of the interweave threads may, if desired, be omitted in theback or central portion of the collar band, thus leaving the plies orlayers of fabric separated and providing a pocket for the base of thecollar button. One side of the said pocket may be provided with abuttonhole through which the shank of the collar button will project.The fabric of Fig. 6 is provided with two integral extensions similar tothose of Fig. 2, these extensions being indicated by the referencenumerals 5 and 6.

The collar band may advantageously be attached to the shirt in themanner illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. As shown in Fig. 4, the collar bandis placed on the shirt fabric 14 with the edge of the longer thinextension 6 even with the upper edge of the shirt fabric 14. Theextension 6 and the shirt fabric may then be secured by the row ofstitches 4. The collar band is then folded over into the plane of theshirt fabric, as

shown in Fig. 5, and the extension 5 of the collar band is placed overthe other side of the shirt fabric and secured by another row ofstitches 4". The collar band is thus securely attached to the shirtfabric by two simple operations and the collar band thus attachedpresents a pleasing and finished appearance. It will be noted that insecuring the extension 6 to the shirt fabric by the stitches 4, as shownin Fig; 4, the extension 5, being shorter than the extension 6, does notobstruct the sewing operation in any way.

It will thusbe seen that I provide a collar band, made of multiple plyinterwoven fabric which has suflicient inherent stiffness, so that itwill retain its shape and set without undue rigidity, and which may beattached to the shirt with ease and facility.

' It will'be understood that, while I have mentioned two "ply and threeply interwoven fabrics, I do not limit myself to these fahrics, since avariety of fabrics and weaves may be used in connection with theinvention.

I claim:

1. In the manufacture of shirts, the

method of attaching a collar band made of relatively heavy unitaryfabric having two integral extensions from the lower edge.

dent with the edge of the shirtfabric, secur-' in the said longerextension and the shirt fa ric together; folding the neckband over sothat it lies in the plane of the shirt fabric, placing the shorterextension over the other side ofthe shirt fabric and securing togetherthe said shorter extension and the shirt fabric.

2. In the manufacture of shirts, the method of attaching a collar bandmade of multiple-ply interwoven fabric having two integral extensionsfrom the lower edge thereof, one of said extensionsbeing longer than theother, which consists in'placing the collar band and the shirt fabrlctogether with the ed e ofthe longer extension coincident with theedge ofthe shirt fabric, passing arow of stitches through the longer extensionand the shirt fabric, said row of stitches being beyond the edge of theshorter extension; folding. the neckhand over so that it lies in theplane of the shirt fabric, placing the shorter extension o'ver the otherside of the shirt fabric and assing a row of stitches through both thefonger and shorter extensions and also through the shirt fabric.

In testimony whereof I afix in Si nture.

JOHN MANNING. VAN al SEN.

